"It's time not only as a country, it's time as a nation, it's time as a city, a state to get behind every effort that is dealing with guns. We thank God for these in political office who are dealing with the policies surrounding guns,” Pastor Ennis Tait said.

The first event will be held Tuesday at President Drive Church Of Christ in North Fairmount from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Organizers with Project Nehemiah hope for a high turnout. Previous events have sometimes ended early when the gift cards ran out.

The group started with $5,000 in gift cards but ran out by about 1 p.m. One pastor used some money from a church contingency fund to buy back some more weapons.

The group asked gun owners to accept gift card vouchers in exchange for their weapons, but it wasn't clear whether anyone took them up on the offer.

Organizers admit they weren't likely taking guns out of the hands of criminals, but they hoped to reduce the number of guns in circulation to keep them from being sold illegal at some point in the future.

Some legal gun dealers made offers to people waiting in line. Organizers said they didn't mind because those guns would be resold following legal protocols for background checks and registration.

States with strongest, weakest gun laws

States with strongest, weakest gun laws

The debate over gun control continues to be a hot topic in America. Take a look at which states have the strictest and weakest gun laws, according to ratings from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

The Brady Campaign awards each state letter grades based on the strength of laws dealing with things like regulations on gun dealers, the strength of background checks, records keeping, permit requirements, bans on assault weapons and laws dealing with child safety.

These are the states with the Brady Campaign said had the strongest gun laws as of 2013, which is the most recent ranking:

California: A-

New York: A-

New Jersey: A-

Connecticut: A-

Maryland: A-

Massachusetts: B+

Hawaii: B+

Illinois: B

Rhode Island: B-

Here are the states that received failing grades from the Brady campaign and had the highest amount of gun-related deaths.

Alabama: F

Tennessee: F

Nevada: F

New Mexico: F

Wyoming: F

Louisiana: F

Montana: F

Mississippi: F

Alaska: F

Arizona: F

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